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So, as my first Ao no Exorcist wallpaper was quite a success, I decided to make another one.

There are a few AnE scans here on MT with the festival theme which I chose for the wall. I used parts of this scan and this scan and combined them together because I wanted to have all
the characters in the wall. I drew the missing parts together with the background by myself. This time there are no
screenshots, I fabricated almost everything in Photoshop, using the scans as a basis.

The problem is that I don't know much about Japanese festivals so I simply had a look at some photos on the Internet and
tried to draw some similar kiosks. I did my best to make them look as realistic as possible. Ehm, I actually have no
idea what the writing on the middle one means, I just found a writing like that on one of the photos so I used it here
to fill the space. Hope it's something meaningful and to the topic...

The clouds in the sky are original, I took a picture with my own camera, edited the image, darkened it and used a few
filters so that it would look like it is night. All textures used are from Photoshop and the beautiful firework brushes
used in the BG are from Obsidian Dawn.

The greatest part was coloring the kimonos/yukatas which I really enjoyed. The worst was the hair (as always). I simply
hate coloring hair... I wasn't sure about the overall toning, I wanted to keep the mood of the festival with all the
light coming from the lanterns but I think that the orange lighting just doesn't fit with the dark blue sky. :/

I know, it's not perfect and I'll gratefully accept any critique and advice for improvement ^^

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Now, the real reason for making this wall? Well, I just HAD TO make use of the pic with Mephisto in that
yukata...

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EDIT: Oh wow, thank you so much for adding this to the Elite Gallery! :3

Comments

I definitely believe AnE needs more wallpapers and this is another really nice wall from you.^^ The vectoring and colors
are very good. The night sky and fireworks definitely fit the mood of a festival and are a very nice touch. Suguro's
being his typical kinda grouchy self over there pouting, sorta XD Mephisto makes me giggle the way he's standing up
there on top of that stall xD Another very good wall, keep it up :)

I must say that you did a wonderful job here! Nice placement of the characters and great use of the scans, and the way
you drew the rest the wall is fantastic. The vector is very well done and Mephisto looks awesome in yukata, I agree xD
My only complain are the clouds, the photo idea is really good but I don't think they fit with the rest of the wall.
Also the light of the far left cloud is wrong, since the moon and fireworks are at the other side. Still you did a great
job! +fav and keep it up! :)

Haha, mephisto in that yukata... XD
Everything is put together very nicely again.. Always loved the festival scans. One thing I would pick on is the red
stand on the left- the red overhangs(?Im not sure what they are called..) with the orange outlines stands out a lot
because of the thick lines. You should have made them look more fabric/realistic like the yellow stand next to it. But
other than that the wall is great! :D Keep it up!

I love how hard you're suddenly working on these walls, it's one heck of a change
from what you were doing before.
I have a few things I want to point out, first would be the lanterns; they look
as if they're going into the sky. You should've kept it more parallel, actually you could've
used the booth's top line as a guide for that.
The orange is nice, don't worry about it; they're typically that color :)
I would've really loved to see the firework glow on both the front characters;
since right now it just looks like they're looking at nothing and super happy about it.
Adding that glow would've really got them more involved with the wall's atmosphere.

That aside I really adore your combining of scans and all the work
you did to make this look so clean and crisp. It definitely looks like a scan but with
awesome quality, wonderful job.

Again, great job with combining the scans! I'm so glad you decided to make another AnE wall^_^ I can see that you put a
lot of effort into doing it and I really love the outcome XD my, so many charcters again! and yeah... Mephisto rocks!
awesome, keep it up! love your style! \(^o^)/

Great job! It's amazing to see how far you evolved since the first wallpaper I saw from you! It looks absolutely
amazing! To think you achieve this set up from those two scans shows the work you invested in this! Awesome!

OH MY! this wallpaper reminds me of the time when I was new here, I've always loved this wall from the start.But then
how come I've never faved it :O
This wallpaper is amazing it gives me that Summer Fun feeling which is so happy!
I really loved that Yukata of Butterfly patterns and those lanterns are looking so warming! and those Fireworks are so
beautifully combined in the sky! <3